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N T Butts

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Colleagues' responses to the pregnant psychiatric resident.

A number of researchers have suggested that the pregnant psychiatrist has many intrapsychic conflicts, as a result of the pregnancy, which influence her interactions with colleagues. In contrast, the authors suggest that colleagues' reactions to the pregnancy may be based on their intrapsychic conflicts, which create internal conflicts for the pregnant psychiatrist and affect her relationships with her colleagues. The authors present case reports involving psychiatric residents that illustrate their thesis.

Adult

Fatherhood and emotional illness.

The authors describe four cases in which men developed emotional illnesses related to their wives' pregnancies. In all of the cases, the patients had experienced sibling rivalry at a significant time in their lives. This factor seemed to be more important dynamically in understanding their feelings about fatherhood than previously proposed factors, such as envy of the wife's childbearing capacity, dependence on the wife, and neurotic conflict with the oedipal father. The authors suggest that in men with neuroses, the issue of sibling rivalry is an important determinant of reactions to fatherhood.

Acting Out

Autofellatio: a power and dependency conflict.

The literature concerning autofellatio is reviewed, and two additional cases are reported. A third case of a neurotic patient in whom there was a reversal of an autofellatio fantasy is presented. These cases seem to involve narcissism, dependency, and power conflicts as have those cases previously reported in the literature.

Adult